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meant to say black ooof $100 for a license plate frame? it looks nice but i'll pass
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07-22-2019, 06:09 PM | #310 |
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Yea. I didn't pay for it, so I'm okay with it. It's real carbon fiber!!
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I mainly got one cause I was not satisfied with black CA plate's edges being silver.
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That's annoying, haha. I'd probably try taking a paint pen to the edge in your situation.
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But OE carbon fiber bro 🤣
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More 'racecar' upgradees On Saturday, I installed Kremersino wireless Apple Carplay module in my car. I purchased this kit from Aliexpress and the link is here: Link #Hardware For under $300, you get a CarPlay module that connects inline with the LVDS cables and iDrive cables. This allows the steering wheel buttons and idrive controller to control Apple Carplay since our CIC is not a touchscreen device. With the distance we have between our seat and the screen, I wouldn't want to try and reach anyways. #Installation Overall the installation was not too difficult. Install time was about 2 hours for proper routing of the external mic to the passenger side of the dome light area and cleaning up the wire routes to the idrive controller. The module itself is a bit big and sits underneath the glovebox trim panel there. It does bulge a little there but the LVDS cables are too short to put it in the fusebox area behind the fake wall. I was able to pop oen the vent by the parking brake and use that as a route to the AUX line. ##Notes
##Impressions My goal with this upgrade was to modernize the screen in the second hump. This provides a way for my phone to update and provide the latest CarPlay interface to the screen. When new Carplay features come out like iOS13, I would get them here! ###Connectivity Wireless Carplay works most of the time. I can't attribute if the issue is specifically to my phone running iOS13 Public beta 3 or if it is the module not playing nicely. Either way, I'm trying to reproduce the issues to provide the vendor some more details. Charging on the USB seems a bit slow and may require a double USB to add additional power. ###Audio quality AUX IN has limitations as it is an analog signal coming from a DAC in the module. The audio is clear and does not sound muddle. However, it does sound like it is lacking bass and feels more like monitor headphones. The vendor maybe able to fix this via a software update but we will see when that comes around. ###Controls To switch between CIC and ACP, you hold the Menu button down. The idrive controller navigation works with scrolling the dial and pushing down to accept. The steering wheel controls to skip work. I have not tested Siri on the steering voice controls but holding down the option button works to invoke Siri. Scrolling the dial on the iDrive controller is similar to all non-touchscreen cars with Apple Carplay like certain Mercedes Benz cars or even BMW's own setup. The forward/back buttons under the preset seems to not be working but I'll check in with others and the vendor to see if this is an issue that can be fixed. #### Overall Impressions I'm a happy camper with caveats. The install was good but not happy with the location of the box, the audio is adequate and hopefully better with a software update. The most important thing was that I have ACP navigations apps on my main screen now instead of my little phone. Maybe next up is OEM wireless charging in the armrest now.. If you read this far, thanks for reading!
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Thanks Wyatt!
I did run ISTA/D on the car and it showed a fault but I was unfamilar with it. I just dropped off my car for tint today
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Contact Nickco43 , he can totally get you going. Just expect a pricey upgrade.
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Someday I want this..for now this will have to do.
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100% full integration with zero issues or workarounds? You have a link of what you did?
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So I guess I wasn't happy with the location of the box, so I moved it. I took out the glovebox itself and velcroed it above the glove box housing. Hopefully it doesn't rattle too much. If it does, I'll insulate it with more foam with sticky backing.
The only downfall is the USB A cable port from the module is dramatically shorter. I ended up running it down the side of the center console and hiding it next to the seat. Since its wireless this isn't an issue unless I want to use the USB from time to time.
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Let it be dark! After almost 2 years of owning this car, I finally decided to install tint. I went with XPEL CR Black 45% darkness. I've heard of XPEL with PPF but I did not know they offered tint until my buddy at the Weatherford BMW Bodyshop showed me what they offered it. The Total Solar Energy Rejection (TSER) is what is important for heat rejection.
Lower teir on my Civic: Suntek Carbon35: 38% Overall the heat rejection on this tint is significantly better than my Civic's Suntek carbon. Of course they are not in the same lineup but it was nice to see an improvement in the heat rejection.
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I have been looking for 3M Crystalline installer for awhile, nobody close to SF has it.
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This comes very close to the TSER of the Crystalline and I'm very happy with it. I wish it was 40% instead of 45% but I'll live with lighter than darker.
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